The Emergence Machine

Coordinate

physical · Geography · Level 8 · E0

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Emergence definition

A set of numerical values (latitude and longitude or x and y) used to specify a precise location on Earth's surface or a map because they are based on a system of measurement and reference points.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “coordinate” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “coordinate”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
coordinate
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0CoordinateLatitudeLongitudeDegreeAngleEquator… intermediate l…ValueConstantFormLocationActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesConfederationL13CoordinateL8ValueL2LatitudeL7LongitudeL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Value L2 (requires) Philosophy sense
    A set of numerical values (latitude and longitude or x and y) used to specify a precise location on Earth's surface or a map.
  • Latitude L7 (requires)
    A set of numerical values (latitude and longitude or x and y) used to specify a precise location on Earth's surface or a map.
  • Longitude L7 (requires)
    A set of numerical values (latitude and longitude or x and y) used to specify a precise location on Earth's surface or a map.

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